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. S. BRBTZFIELD.

BELT BUCKLE.

No. 341,127'. Patented May. 4, 1886.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

SAMUEL BRETZFIELD, OF NEIN YORK, N. Y. y

BELT-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,127,dated May 4,1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL BRETZETELD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Buckles,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved belt-bucklewhich is simple in construction, fastens the belt wherever de sired, andis not provided with pins which perforate the belt for the purpose ofholding it, and thus does not require the belt to be provided with'apertures or slots.

The invention consists in the special construction of the buckle, aswill be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and then pointed outinthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, and inwhich like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is aperspective view of a belt provided with my improved buckle. Fig. 2 is afront View of my improved buckle. Fig. 3 is a cene tral longitudinalsectional view of the saine. Fig. LLis an enlarged cross-sectional viewof the same on the line x m, Fig. 2.

The buckle is formed ofthe plate A, which is provided with the twolongitudinal slots B, between which the central bar,C, is formed. At theouter edges of the slots B the fianges D are formed, which are inclinedinward and toward each other at about an angle of fortyve degrees, asshown, but may, if desired, be at right angles to the plate A. Parts ofthe central bar, C, are punched or cut out to form the tines, pins, orprongs F, which pro ject from the inner side of said bar. These prongsor tines are then passed through the end of the belt G, which is restedagainst the back of the plate, and then the said prongs are bent down onthe back of the belt, whereby the belt is held Very securely onto thebuckle. The belt can be passed around the central bar, C, to conceal theslots formed by punching out the parts for forming the prongs. Theprongs have their bases transversely to the longitudinal axis of the barC, so that the strain to which they are subjected will be in thedirection of the width of the prongs,wh ere they are strongest.

The belt G is passed around the body, and the free end of the belt ispassed under one iiange D, as shown at in, then over the central bar, C,and then under the other liange D, the part u of the belt resting onthepart o,and the inner edge of the flange D rest-ing against the part n.The pressure on the edges of the flanges keeps the buckle in place, andas the belt is passed over the bar G, and is not in line with the lineof draft or strain, the buckle cannot become loose, and can only beloosened by lifting the edge s, whereby the belt is relieved from thepressure ofthe iianges.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The belt-buckle made as herein described and shown, and consisting of aplate provided SAML. BRETZFIELD.

Witnesses:

OscAR F. GUNZ, S. VAN ZANDT.

